Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I don't want to be number two. I don't want to be number three. We are better than that."

"I believe that all of you are honorable people simply trying to carry out a business in a very competitive world."

"I don't think I have talked to anybody, either here in Congress or in government, who thinks that it is fair that people cannot serve their local communities just because they are employed by State or..."

"This would take the Federal Government out of the business of telling State and local government employees such as Mr. Greiner whether they can serve their country by running for elected office."